Extended Learning Program Manager and Enrichment Teacher

Our School:

Libertas is a public charter school serving the Frayser neighborhood in Memphis. Our mission is to be a school for human flourishing: cultivating minds, hands, and hearts for lives of wonder, work, and love. We offer a rich, rigorous, and personalized education through the method of Dr. Maria Montessori and the classical liberal arts. We offer an attachment village of wraparound family supports and develop virtues of character.

Tennessee has twice named Libertas a Reward School – a top 15% school. We currently serve infant and toddler, early childhood and elementary at our founding location and a middle school on a second nearby campus. Over the next 1-2 years we will open a small high school (250 students in grades 9 to 12) that uniquely imparts literary and cultural tradition while also fostering student enterprise and work of the hand – together preparing students for college, career, and citizenship.

We also operate a nationally- accredited, state-licensed teacher training program. Learn more about Libertas on our website.

• Teach a high-quality enrichment course during the school day. Plan and lead high-quality extended learning programs that extend and enrich the core Montessori and liberal arts curriculum at Libertas, including before school care, after school enrichment programs, and athletics programs.

• Full-time, following the school calendar, with one additional week of planning in the summer to plan for after-school programming. Optional work in summer programming (preferred but not required; for additional compensation).
• Most days 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with some flexibility to oversee before-school programs (which begin at 7:00 a.m.) or the conclusion of after-school programs (which end at 6:00 p.m.)
• Flexible start date (as early as March 2026, as late as summer 2026)
• Reports to:
  
  Assistant Principal of Administration
• Key relationships: extended learning program staff, classroom teachers, Attachment Village Team members, Family Engagement Team members, students, families, community partners

• Lead a peaceful, orderly, rich, nurturing classroom that cultivates minds, hearts, and hands for lives of wonder, work, and love. Foster relationships with families to enable open and responsive communication about student growth and needs.
• Successful planning and implementation of assigned programs
• 85% satisfaction among stakeholders (including staff, students, and families)
• Specific measures for after-school. For example:
  • Increase growth in reading and math, exhibit positive behavioral changes, decrease chronic absenteeism
  • Recruitment and retention of staff and community partners to provide extended learning programs
  • After-school family engagement activities implemented
• All assigned programs operate within budget and meeting all compliance standards
• Satisfactory performance evaluations
• Other indicators as determined

Enrichment Program Teaching (20 hours / week)

• Plan and teach enrichment courses to groups of elementary and/or middle school students. Course content will be determined based on candidate’s background and interests (e.g. choir, instrumental music, Latin, culinary arts, Physical Education, visual arts, manual arts, gardening, etc.)

After School Learning (16 hours / week) and Before School Care (2 hours / week)

• Plan and implement high-quality After School learning programs (serving well over 100 children daily) according to grant guidelines and school priorities. Programs should include academic tutoring, academic enrichment, arts, and athletics – see current family-facing program overview here.
• Increase opportunities for students to participate in after school athletics programs through intramural sports and/or community leagues. (We currently offer intramural baseball, softball,
  and dance, in addition to our partnership with Soccer Shots.)
• Plan and implement daily Before School Care for students who arrive before the school day begins.
• Recruit and assign staff members and community partners. (Past, current, and potential partners include Collage Dance Collective, Soccer Shots, Girls Inc, Code…